President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Tom Homan, his former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to serve as the incoming administration’s “border czar.”
The position, which does not require Senate confirmation, puts Homan in charge of the nation’s borders and maritime and aviation security.
He will also oversee “all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” Trump wrote in a Nov. 10 post on his Truth Social platform.
“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders,” the president-elect said, adding that he is confident Homan will do “a fantastic, and long-awaited for, job.”...